Science: Brick for Medal

A remarkable brick rewarded the country's important chemical societies
for giving the coveted Perkin Medal to Dr. Charles Frederick Burgess
at a Manhattan ceremony last week. The medal is for "the American
chemist who has most distinguished himself by his services to applied
chemistry." In Dr. Burgess' case that refers to his showing factory
managers that it pays to hire scholars. Twenty and more years ago he
was professor of applied electro-chemistry and chemical engineering
at the University of Wisconsin. Manufacturers hesitated to use his
novel ideas concerning the electrolytic purification of iron,...